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Where We Focus

The ARMA focuses on the interpretation and legitimate reconstruction of medieval and Renaissance combat systems as a modern discipline. We allow people to freely and seriously practice this subject without the concerns of staged fighting and sporting play, or the distractions of role-playing and fantasy

The ARMA Credo

Study European arms and armor from the point of view of their historical function and use.

Study historical source literature as instructional fighting guides.

Examine historical European martial culture within a broader historiographic context.

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The ARMA endeavors to approximate historical fighting skills through a curriculum of reconstructed techniques, principles, and methods for using a variety of swords, spears, shields, staff weapons, daggers, and unarmed grappling and wrestling skills as taught in numerous surviving books and manuscripts.